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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 1912

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Lunar month 231Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 21, 1912

Lunar 一九一二年 · 三月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1912-04-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1912-04-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1912-05-06

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1912-05-21

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲辰

三月初五

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelConstructionBreak groundSet the marriage bedBuild animal sheltersSet a bedRelocateFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Move into a homeBuild a stoveHaircutConsecrateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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